Latest Business and People News
Updated employee announcements, business news, awards, and recognition in the industry today.
People News
Bioclinica, a provider of solutions for clinical research, announces the addition of new team members Gavin Nichols as Chief Information Officer & Executive Vice President, Technology, and Elizabeth Edwards as President, Bioclinica Site Network, and a member of the executive management team. Additionally, Adrienne Rossi is promoted to the newly created position, Chief of Staff.
Clinipace Worldwide, a global full-service CRO, has announced the appointment of Charlene Dark as Vice President, global clinical analytics.
Karthik Kumar
InClinica, a global clinical CRO, announced that Karthik Kumar has been appointed Business Development Manager in the company’s office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and that Todd Koch has been appointed Global Trial Manager.
MMS Holdings Inc., a global CRO, announced the hiring of John Mitcheson as Senior Proposal Development Manager and Joy Willard, RN, BSN, PMP as Senior Project Manager.
PAREXEL announced the appointment of Peyton Howell as Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer, and also announced that their co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Josef von Rickenbach is the recipient of a 2018 Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the Ellis Island Honors Society.
Dr. Peter Hendrickx
SGS, a contract solutions provider, announced the appointment of Dr. Peter Hendrickx as Medical Director at the Clinical Pharmacology Unit located within the Antwerp ZNA Stuivenberg hospital.
Business News
IRB Services, an independent research ethics board, has changed its name to Advarra.
CROMSOURCE, an international CRO, announced the formalization of an expanded Flexible Resourcing Solutions offering, delivered by the TalentSource Life Sciences Department, with a new logo.
Recognition
PAREXEL announced that the Industry Standard Benchmark Report named the company’s ClinPhone Randomization and Trial Supply Management solution as the leader of Interactive Response Technology for the second consecutive time.
Rho, a full-service CRO, was named the 2018 Best CRO by Triangle Business Journal.
Unlock Commercial Growth through Data-Driven Patient and HCP Insights
May 2nd 2025Leveraging data-driven patient and healthcare provider (HCP) insights, including social drivers of health (SDOH), is essential for life sciences companies to continuously improve patient engagement and commercial success. Mark Rodgers, AVP of Commercial Analytics at Inovalon, discusses how identifying treatment milestones, assessing HCP performance, and segmenting patient populations using SDOH data can drive targeted strategies that improve healthcare outcomes and market access
Improving Relationships and Diversifying the Site Selection Process
April 17th 2025In this episode of the Applied Clinical Trials Podcast, Liz Beatty, co-founder and chief strategy officer, Inato, discusses a number of topics around site engagement including community-based sites, the role of technology in improving site/sponsor relationships, how increased operational costs are impacting the industry, and more.
FDA Approves Nipocalimab for the Treatment of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
April 30th 2025Approval is based on results from the pivotal Vivacity-MG3 trial in which IMAAVY (nipocalimab-aahu) demonstrated superior disease control throughout 24 weeks when compared to placebo plus standard of care.
